Most useful information for higher education

The travel rules for your main payment affect your Rent Assistance when you travel outside Australia.

If you tell us you’re renting when you claim a payment, we may ask for proof. We use this to check if you can get Rent Assistance.

Rent is an amount you pay to live in accommodation someone else owns. There are different types of rent that apply if you get Rent Assistance.

Employment Services Assessments (ESAts) help us understand the impact of your barriers to work including disability, illness or injury.

Instructions on how to update your banking details, including cash, cheques, loans, savings, deeming accounts and term deposit accounts.

There are things you need to tell us if you get Rent Assistance.

If you get certain payments, there are special rules for Rent Assistance.

Use this form if your child has applied as an independent person for Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY under the unreasonable to live at home guidelines.

Find out what you can do if you want more information or disagree with a decision we've made.

Instructions to apply for an advance payment using your Centrelink online account.

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